Greever History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Greever

What does the name Greever mean?

The Anglo-Saxon name Greever comes from when the family resided in the area that was referred to as the grove. The surname is derived from the Old English graf which meant of the grove.

Early Origins of the Greever family

The surname Greever was first found in Sussex where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Greever family

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Greever Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Greever has been recorded under many different variations, including Grover, Grovers and others.

Early Notables of the Greever family

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Migration of the Greever family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Greever or a variant listed above: Samuel Grover settled in New England in 1635; Thomas Grover settled in Charlestown Massachusetts in 1640; another Thomas Grover arrived in Barbados in 1700.

Contemporary Notables of the name Greever (post 1700) +

William St. Clair Greever (1916-2007), American professor of history, specializing in the history of mining and railroads in the nineteenth-century American West
William H. Greever, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Wyoming State House of Representatives, 1950 1
W. Clarence Greever, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Graham, Virginia, 1916-20 (acting, 1916) 2
Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943), American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Cody, Wyoming, 1930-32; U.S. Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1935-39 2
Charles P. Greever, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Graham, Virginia, 1914-16 2
Ada Greever, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1948 2

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html